A cropped view of this photograph facing p. 1 (lower right)
identifies this person as Wong Kai Kah, Diplomat. Roster
item #17 places him with the first CEM detachment to arrive
in the U.S. in 1872, when...

Roster item #17 places him with the first CEM detachment to arrive in the U.S. in 1872, when he was 13. Nickname "Breezy Jack", noted for his extemporaneous eloquence. Lived with the Bartletts in Hartford, Connecticut. See his letter to Mrs. Fannie...

Woo Yang Tsang as a young boy poses for a portrait wearing
Chinese dress and hat. He was in the first detachment to the
United States in 1872 at age 12. His nickname was
"Alligator." He was later called...

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